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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vicky Vegas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chase Utley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vegas comes to the cage accompanied by The Prodigy 'Omen'. Chase Utley will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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186 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vicky Vegas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chase Utley!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vegas connects with a crisp jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Vegas. Utley shrugs it off though.
Utley connects with a solid leg kick.
Utley misses with a straight left.
Utley throws a leg kick but Vegas moved away.
Utley misses with a body shot.
Vegas's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Utley connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vegas scrambles back to his feet.
Vegas tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the liver by Utley. Beautiful body shot.
Chase Utley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vegas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Utley.
Vegas avoids the head kick by Utley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegas tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Vegas closes the distance and clinches.
Vegas stalls.
Utley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vegass head.
Utley is trying to break the clinch but Vegas has him pressed against the cage.
Utley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Utley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vegas's elbow.
Vegas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Utley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vegas backwards.
Vegas blocks an uppercut.
Utley throws a head punch that misses.
Utley tries to throw a body punch but Vegas avoids it by throwing Utley back against the cage.
Utley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Utley managing to block the knees to the body from Vegas.
Utley prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegas tries to land a knee to the head but Utley blocks with his arms.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vegas takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Vegas turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vegas advances to full mount.
Utley tries to lock up and control but Vegas gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Vegas controlling the pace for now.
Utley is trying to escape the mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Vegas there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Vegas has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Utley is desperately trying to improve his position but Vegas has a good base and remains in mount.
Utley is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Vegas controlling the position easily from mount.
Utley is bucking up trying to escape but Vegas cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Vegas thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Utley blocking the ground and pound.
Vegas controlling the pace for now.
Vegas misses with a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vegas looking to control and managing it successfully.
Vegas throws some wild stikes that Utley manages to avoid easily.
Utley wants to control but Vegas is having none of it.
Vegas misses with a head shot.
Vegas misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Vegas controlling from the full mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vegas throws some wild stikes that Utley manages to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vicky Vegas dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Utley throws the left hand but Vegas avoids the punch easily.
Utley lands a slapping body shot.
Utley throws the left hand but Vegas avoids the punch easily.
Utley stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Utley wants it to stay on the feet.
Utley jabs Vegas right on the nose. Vegas blinks but takes it well.
It looks like Vicky Vegas has been cut.
Vegas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Utley.
Utley wants to slow Vegas down by chopping away at his legs.
Vegas slips under a jab.
A good leg kick by Utley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Utley throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Chase Utley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Utley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vegas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vegas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice straight punches there by Vegas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vegas.
Vegas moves into the clinch.
Vegas keeps control of Utley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Utley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vegas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Utley.
Vegas blocking some punches.
Vegas is looking to control Utley's arms but Utley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vegas has his back to the cage.
Utley is trying to push Vegas away but Vegas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Utley throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Utley lands with a right to the head.
Vegas blocks a body shot from Utley.
Still in the clinch, Utley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vegas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Utley is defending well for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vegas controlling the action here for a moment.
Utley scores with a nice hook to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Utley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vegas has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Utley is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Vegas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Utley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Utley misses with a punch on the inside.
Vegas wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vicky Vegas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Utley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vegas blocks a body shot from Utley.
A short right from Utley on the inside.
Utley avoids the elbow strike from Vegas, against the cage.
Vegas is trying to maintain a safe position but Utley gets an underhook and turns Vegas into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vegas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Utley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Utley fails to land.
Utley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Utley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vegas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vegas looking to slow down the pace here.
Utley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Utley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Utley fails to land.
Vegas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vegas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vegas misses with an elbow strike.
Vegas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vegas prevents a body shot from Utley.
Vegas misses with a knee to the head.
Vegas prevents Utley from breaking the clinch.
Utley wants to break free but Vegas has control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Utley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Utley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vegas stalls.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Utley has a couple of punches blocked by Vegas.
Utley misses with the head strike.
Vegas trying to control the position but instead, Utley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vegas into the cage.
Utley has a couple of punches blocked by Vegas.
Utley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vegas has him pressed against the cage.
Vegas is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Utley gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Vegas tries for a takedown. No joy.
Utley swings wildly with an uppercut but Vegas uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Utley avoids the elbow strike from Vegas, against the cage.
Utley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Utley can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chase Utley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vicky Vegas's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Vegas throws a quick inside leg kick.
Utley throws a shot from downtown. Vegas moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Vegas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vegas's corner calls for a 1-2. Vegas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Utley throws a lazy right hand but Vegas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Utley throws a sloppy head kick
and Vegas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Utley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That kick from Vegas tenderised Utley's leg. Utley is trying to keep his angry face on.
Utley is looking to slow Vegas down with leg kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegas checks a low kick from Utley.
Vegas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Utley throws a leg kick but Vegas sees it coming and moves out of range.
Utley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vegas's sensitive parts.
Utley misses with a hook.
Utley throws a low kick but Vegas avoids it.
Utley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vegas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Utley loads up on a big right hand but Vegas slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vegas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Utley misses with an uppercut. Vegas saw that one coming.
Utley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Utley misses the jab.
Vegas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Utley's waist but Utley gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vegas off to one side.
A clash of legs there as Vegas blocks the low kick.
Vegas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Utley.
Utley misses with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Utley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Utley thumps Vegas with a low kick.
Vegas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vegas scores with a jab to the head.
A head kick by Vegas misses
letting Utley counter with a right hand.
Vegas has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Utley finds it's way round the side to connect with Vegas's head.
Utley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Utley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Utley moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Utley misses with a leg kick.
Vegas fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Utley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Utley throws a jab when Vegas was well out of range.
Vegas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Utley throws a nice head kick!
A slapping leg kick lands for Utley.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chase Utley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Utley has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chase Utley!
A very excited looking Chase Utley made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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